Phenindione sensitivity with leukaemoid reaction and hepato-renal damage.

Leukaemoid reaction and ulcerative colitis.

We describe a patient who presented with a pronounced neutrophil leucocytosis and leukaemoid reaction in association with toxic dilatation of the colon secondary to ulcerative colitis. Although the patient had been previously investigated, the significance of bowel disturbance had not been recognised. Once the inflammatory bowel disease was treated the haematological abnormality subsided.

Phenindione Nephropathy with Recovery: Studies of Morphology and Renal Function.

Acute leukaemoid reaction following cardiac surgery

Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia is an atypical myeloproliferative disorder with a natural history of progression to acute myeloid leukaemia, a complex and poorly understood response by the bone marrow to stress. Cardiac surgery activates many inflammatory cascades and may precipitate a systemic inflammatory response syndrome. We present a case of undiagnosed chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia wh...

Pyoderma gangrenosum breast with leukaemoid reaction: a rare clinical entity

Breast ulceration is an alarming sign for clinicians and it places a significant physical and psychological burden on the patient. We report the rare presentation of Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) of the breast with secondary leukaemoid reaction. A 26-year-old lady was referred to us from medicine department for evaluation of recurrent ulcers involving both breasts for the last three months. Physica...

Myeloid Leukaemoid Reaction in a Surgical Case

The term " leukaemoid " was first used by Krumbhaar (1926) to describe changes in the peripheral blood suggesting leukaemia in patients suffering from conditions other than leukaemia. Many reports of leukaemoid reaction have appeared since then, and the subject has been reviewed by Heck an<j Hall (1939), Hill and Duncan (1941), and Hilts and Shaw (1953). A patien at Frenchay Hospital recently p...